Canada’s National Post newspaper has reported the findings of a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The Post carried the headline “Videogames make you eat more”, further on in the article it added that watching TV and working at a computer have the same effect.

Canada’s National Post newspaper has reported the findings of a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The Post carried the headline “Videogames make you eat more”, further on in the article it added that watching TV and working at a computer have the same effect.

Braid creator and indie darling Jonathan Blow has explained his labelling of social network games like Farmville and Ravenwood Fair as evil, citing selfishness and disarmingly innocent design as crimes against the player.

Riot Games president Marc Merrill has said the company’s recent majority acquisition by Chinese publisher Tencent will “open up more doors” for the League of Legends developer, which retains its “autonomy”.

The Company of Heroes Online open beta is drawing to a close, but nobody seems very happy about it. A post on the game’s official website contains ominous hints that the multiplayer battler will not see the light of full release.

Even a modest game costs a lot of money to make, so it’s convenient that plenty of people want to play them and will even, if provoked, fork out some cash before the damn thing is finished. 8-bit Funding takes this premise and runs with it, relying on the genorosity of gamers to financially power […]

Tie-in Facebook app Dragon Age Legends was announced in November but Bioware have only just revealed how getting your invite on will benefit your Dragon Age 2 save file. Five Legends-exclsuive unlock items have been detailed: two rings, two amulets, and a belt.

Everyone too young to remember what a revolution Wolfenstein 3D was should probably check out this startling de-make, Wolfenstein 1D. Yes. One. Maybe the mind-boggling reduction of a fully realised game world to a single-pixel line will give you some idea of the amazement we felt at the time.

Earlier this month we heard reports of a ten-part web series from Mortal Kombat: Rebirth director Kevin Tancharoen, and to the simultaneous delight and horror of fans around the world. Warner Bros. has confirmed them.

Ex-id and Ion Storm co-founder John Romero is no longer at Slipgate Ironworks, a company he helped form in 2005, and is reportedly working with business partner Tom Hall on a social network game called Loot Drop.